Changes of EEG synchronization during low-frequency electric stimulation of the seizure onset zone

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 108-119

  Schindler, Kaspar ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a   Lehnertz, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; EEG analysis; Eigenvalue spectrum; Pharmaco resistant epilepsy; Seizure onset zone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36249012544     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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